<p>No one in my family really went to college so i need help im on my own. i went to a CC and first semster got a 3.9 took a winter class only one got an "A" and now second semster i am taking 19.5 cridets. i am doing very well at my CC but and am looking foward to transfering after this year but i dont know if my H.S record would help or hurt me? i got a 3.3 in high school and on the S.A.T's i got a 1290 on the new version! i get this feeling no matter how good i do in college my S.A.T score will just kill me. these are the schools i want to transfering in if anyone can help it would help me soooo much you dont even realize.
* NYU * Villanova * University of Chicago * George Washington University * Northwestern * Emory * Georgetown University * Miami University
I know a lot of people are probaly laughing but please tell me the truth i want to go to a really good college i really like college a lot more than H.S for some reason and i hope colleges can see that. Also if anyone has good matches for me other than listed please do.</p>
<p>If you took the right amount of cridets (i.e. 30 in case of NYU) than you have donot have to show SAT. If you took less than 30 cridets (in case of all schools) then you have to show your SAT scores.
So my advise is, wait one year complete the right no. of cridets and than transfer. SAT’s will not bother in that case. However, for schools like Emory and other Ivy Leagues you have to show your scores no matter what. Thus, I will recommend you again to wait one year and re-take the SAT’s. To make your app look better, take SAT II’s if u want.</p>
<p>in H.S i got 12 college criedits (which have already been accepted by the CC therefore are creidted) first semster at CC i got 16.5 then winter session i got 4 and second semster i am taking 19.5 so as of now i have 32.5 but do colleges count my criedits that i am currently taking because then i have 52 with just one year under my belt</p>
<p>I really don’t know abt the fact whether or not universities will count the credits taken while in high school. Thus, I really don’t want to give you any wrong advise.</p>
<p>This forum is for statistical information sharing and not a guidance office. I will recommend you to contact the your prospective transfer institutions.</p>
<p>toga,
Here are some honest thoughts:
- You should plan to apply for transfer after your sop year as your SAT scores and HS gpa will count less and your college record more.
- If schools permit you to take the SAT after graduating HS, then you should study and retake it.
- Keep up your grades and try to establish a relationship with some of your profs, so that they can write you rec letters when you apply for a transfer.
- I agree with m.k, that you should contact some of your prospective colleges about transfer credits. While your CC accepted HS credits, unless they are from AP classes with appropriate test scores, a 4 year school may not.
- You need to think hard about what qualities you are looking for in a college and then seek them in some schools that are less selective than the ones you listed.</p>
<p>Even Villanova is that far out of the reach? what schools do you think are more around my level than? suggestion… thanks</p>
<p>I’d suggest you transfer to state schools; you can really take advantage of their articulation agreements with your community college. If you get an associates degree with around 3.9 gpa then you have a decent shot at the schools listed.</p>
<p>i think the following are out of reach: UChicago, NWestern, and Gtown. I hope I’m wrong, and you can get into those, though. </p>
<p>the rest are within your reach, I think, pending a continued upward trend in your grades(3.9-4.0).
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honestly, you really should re-take the sat’s, if not for colleges, then to gauge your own critical ability and capacity in those three areas.</p>
<p>i would elaborate more, but i dont really understand the second sentence in your post.</p>
<p>“You need to think hard about what qualities you are looking for in a college and then seek them in some schools that are less selective than the ones you listed.”</p>
<p>I wasn’t trying to say that you can’t get into any of the schools on your list, only that it seems top heavy to me.</p>